Compliance Consultant

We’re looking for a Compliance Consultant to join Ageas UK on a 12‑month fixed‑term contract, supporting our business areas on a hybrid basis with monthly travel to our Eastleigh office. In this role you will provide pragmatic compliance advice and support across business‑as‑usual activities and key projects, acting as a trusted partner to ensure key regulatory requirements are understood by stakeholders, embedded and effectively managed.

Main Responsibilities:

• Provide pragmatic, forward‑thinking compliance advice to support business‑as‑usual activities and strategic projects, ensuring regulatory risks are identified and managed.
• Act as a subject matter expert on regulations applicable to general insurance, interpreting and embedding legal and regulatory requirements across the business.
• Support the Director of Compliance and Head of Compliance in managing and maintaining effective relationships with regulators, ensuring open communication and timely handling of regulatory matters.
• Provide input and challenge in the completion of product governance and fair value assessments by the business.
• Review and approve financial promotions and customer communications, ensuring they are compliant, clear and align with regulatory standards.
• Monitor, assess and report on compliance risks and incidents, putting in place appropriate mitigation actions and supporting continuous improvement across the organisation.

Skills and Experience You Need:

• Proven experience in a compliance role within general insurance, with a strong understanding of the UK regulatory landscape and FCA requirements.
• Knowledge of Gibraltar regulations is desirable.
• Demonstrable experience managing relationships with regulators, ensuring effective communication and handling of regulatory queries or reviews.
• Strong ability to interpret complex regulatory requirements and apply them practically within a business environment.
• Experience drafting high‑quality governance papers, reports and MI for senior stakeholders and committees.
• Confident communicator with experience liaising, influencing and challenging senior stakeholders.
• Comfortable representing Compliance at forums and committees, providing clear, pragmatic advice and challenging where required.

Benefits:

• Flexible working: Smart Working at Ageas with flexibility within the working day and location (within the UK). Part‑time, job‑share and flexible arrangements possible.
• Health benefits: Dental insurance, health cash plan, health screening, will writing, voluntary critical illness, mental health first‑aid and wellbeing activities including mindfulness.
• Wealth benefits: 50% off motor and home insurance, annual bonus schemes, annual salary reviews, competitive pension, employee savings and employee loans.
• Work‑life benefits: Well‑being activities, mindfulness sessions, sports and social club events.
• Family benefits: Maternity/pregnant‑parent entitlements 16 weeks at full pay, paternity/non‑pregnant‑parent entitlements 8 weeks at full pay.
• Partner benefits: Life assurance and critical illness cover for partners.
• Tech perks: Deals on gadgets including wearables, tablets and laptops.
• Getting around: Car salary exchange, cycle scheme, vehicle breakdown cover.
• Back‑to‑work programme after maternity leave.

Equal Opportunities: Ageas is a diverse and inclusive employer and encourages anyone to apply. We are a Disability Confident Leader and guarantee an interview for applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the role. We have a zero‑tolerance approach towards any form of harassment during the recruitment process and ensure fair access to support and adjustments throughout the recruitment experience.